GrummRN

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1. Anyone pushing 50 and a recent grad??

   GrummRN replied to TCooper's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I will be 54 on the 3rd of Sept. Graduated in May 06 with my BSN (2nd degree); still have lots to learn, but not doing bad. When I did my preceptorship in Spring, the hospital offered me a PRN job...

2. HESI Exam Poll (Please Respond)

   GrummRN replied to boomer1's topic in General Nursing

   Auburn University Montgomery in Montgomery, Alabama requires that you pass the HESI Exit Exam with a score of 850. You have 3 attempts and if you do not pass, you cannot graduate. The only thing...

3. Feeling stupid...

   GrummRN replied to RNLisa's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Sabrina, I am reacting just like you; can't sleep the night before; is it the unknown of the day coming? Who knows. I have a great coach (that is what they are called at my hospital). She says I am...

4. Why does NCLEX make you feel like a failure then lets you know you passed?

   GrummRN replied to Nurselee774's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Amen, amen and amen!!! I felt like I knew one answer on the test, felt like an absolute failure and why did I waste money and time in nursing school....3 days later, I was an RN!!! Still pinching...

5. NCLEX practice questions per day?

   GrummRN replied to rn2be2006's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Don't overdo the questions. 25 q day should be your limit. Saunders 3rd edition cd and read the Kaplan book -- really helps you take the boards. Stay calm as you can. And if you are like the rest...

6. Poll for those who have already taken NCLEX..

   GrummRN replied to lpn2rnMay2005's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   :typing 1. how many questions did you take on nclex? 76 questions and i passed 7/1/06. 2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course? saunders 3rd edition book and cd; also...